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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 28 Sep 1928, p. 25

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September 28, 1928 FIELD MUSEUM OFFERS . FREE LECTURE SERIES Speakers of Note to Give Talks in James Simpson Theater. Beginning October 6 Subject_ s, speakers and dates ior ' ten free illustrated lectures to be given ·for the general public this autumn com. mencing Saturday, October 6 'at the Fie_ld Museum of Natural 'History, Chtcago, were announced this week by Stephen C. Simms, director of the museum. This is the fiftieth free lee:. ture course upon scient_ific and travel subjects to he ' given by noted men under the auspices of the museum. The lectitres are all to be given on Saturday afternoons at 3 o'clock in the James _ Simpson theatre of 'the museum, where seats arc available for more than 1,100 persons. No tickets are necessary for admission. Direc tor Simms urges that those planning to attend arrive promptly, as the theatre doors will be closed as soon as all seats are filled. The first of the lectures is, "Across Sumatra from East to West," and will be given by Professor Adriaan J . Barnouw of Columbia university, New York. Following is the program fur succeeding Saturdays : October 13, "Isles of the Southern Cross," Fred Payne Clatworthy of Estes Park, Colo.; October 20, "On the Roof of the World," Captain B. Noel London, who was official photographe; of Jhe 1924 Mount Everest expedition; October 27, "] unglc Gods," Captain Carl von Hoffman, F. R. G. S., New York; November 3, "Excavations at Kish, Mesopotamia," an account of work conducted by the Field MuseumOxford university joint expedition, by Henry Field, assistant curator of physical anthropology, \vho recently returned from Kish; November 10 "Sinbads of Science and the Sea,'~ George Finlay Simmons, M. A., Cleveland Museum of Natural History; November 17, "Treasure Hunting in Bolivia," Lieutenant-Colonel Charles \\!ellington Furlong, F. R. G. S., Boston; November 24, "Under the Northern Lights," Captain Donald B. McMillan, leaner of the recently returned Rawson-McMillan Subarctic expedition of Field Muse urn; Decemher 1. "Civilization of the Maya~- Past and PreseJlt," ]. Eric Thompson, assistant curator of Mexican and Maya archaeology, who was leader of the recent Captain Marshall Field Archaeological expedition to British Honduras: December 8, "The Turkestan," George K. Cherrie, New York, memher of the James Simpson-RooseveltField Museum expedition to Central Asia . I WILME"TTE !-----· Lectures on Art I LIFE ·25 FUr Garments CLEANED · 1n a Bon·a fide Manner Furs may be cleaned in many ways, but there is only one right way. and, 'it is in that manner that we do it. We absolutely . gutlrantee, that in cleaning or glazing a garment, the oil from the pelt will not be removed . . . and the charge is only . ·.. $5. We invite you to inspect out· facilities at any time. Remodeling- Repairing- Relining Select Your Fur Coat NOW! 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